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专利权 (zhuān lì quán) — patent rights

Definition

noun
patent rights
Measure word · 项

Examples

  • 专利权。
    Tā shēn qǐng le zhè xiàng zhuān lì quán.
    He applied for this patent.
  • 专利权。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī qīn fàn le tā rén de zhuān lì quán.
    This company infringed on others' patent rights.
  • 专利权。
    zhuān lì quán De bǎo hù qī xiàn yì bān shì èr shí nián.
    The protection period of patent rights is generally twenty years.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

专利patent
专zhuānexclusive利lìbenefit
偏正Modifier + head
权quánright

专利 gives patent and 权 gives right, meaning patent rights.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 專; 专 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 專 shows 又, a hand, turning 叀, a spindle; this came to mean gathering several things into one.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 權; 权 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
雚
雚guàn權quán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 權 shows 木, a tree, with 雚 giving the sound; it named a kind of tree and was used for a standard weight. The simplified 权 is a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

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